I went to Paramount High School, Mayfair High School, all types of high schools. I'm not a high school graduate, but it's all good.
YG
Be yourself and set the trend. Don't follow.
You gotta stay on point in everything in life.
My heart is numb. It's not broke, it's numb. It's numb because of hard situations.
Stress come with life, period, bro.
I was born in Compton, raised all through the city of Los Angeles.
You don't have to be a gangster rapper to be successful. You can do anything.
My mama's been supportive since day one.
I was in a situation where I was a West Coast artist signed to an East Coast label.
I'm experimenting. That was part of the reason why I named the album 'Stay Dangerous.' It was about being proactive, not reactive.
When I caught my case and went to jail, I could have caught a gang of extra time.
Black people love Hispanics; Hispanics love blacks. We grew up with each other. We share a lot of the same stuff.
Me having my moms and pops in my life and knowing and seeing what they went through for us - it's why I'm a good father.
When you think of YG, you think of the West Coast, L.A., the lifestyle; that's what the brand about. That's what 4Hunnid represents.
I appreciate breathing and smelling and seeing.
I can't tell you who to vote for, because you have to do your homework to see who you connect with and see what they're pushing.
That's something we real big on - just being real, authentic, being yourself, not letting this lifestyle change you.
Knowledge is dangerous when you're a person of colour. It makes you a powerful individual, and that's what 'Stay Dangerous' represents.
I ain't come from money.
New York is turnt. It's really like 25 hours out here. 25/8.
It's hard to stay vegan and eat right when you're moving around so much, but I've been off that alkaline water heavy, though.
I'm a storyteller... a preacher.
The first album was going to be called 'I'm from Bompton,' and then I changed it to 'My Krazy Life.'
They try to make it seem like trouble follows me, but since my first album came out, I ain't had nothing happen at my show that had something to do with me.
I'm saying us - our culture, our race, our people - we need to do better.
Footaction saw me swagging, so they reached out so we could do a little collab and talk about my style and the culture and the come-up and all that.
I feel like I'm regular. I'm humble.
If I was president, you wouldn't be sitting in jail for crimes that's not violent; you wouldn't be doing too much time for crime that's not violent.
I got two clothing lines - I got the 4hunnid clothing, and I got the Bompton clothing.
On God, when you come to New York, it's, like, work.
My mom and her whole side of the family, they all from Compton.
I don't wanna do nothing with Trump.
You've got to do features with the right artists that you can take some of their fans, and their fans start doing their homework and see what you're doing, if they like what you're doing.
In the record business, if you sign an artist that don't really know too much about the business, you can really get over on them in a lot of different ways, so it's a lot of people that don't give artist the game because they're trying to make the most money in the fastest way off their artists.
I eat breakfast most times.
Out of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I would rather Clinton be president, but just overall, I would rather Obama have a third term.
I was Lil Wayne's fan when I hit, like, 15, 16 and up.
'Don't Come to L.A.' is talking about how out-of-towners come to L.A., and they try to start claiming the culture, the lifestyle. And they're really not from it. That's really what's it's about.
The streets made me who I am.
It's not our land; it's not made for us. It's America. That's how it was designed. We came here as slaves. It wasn't designed for us to win.
I love the fans and the supporters.
People look at me like YG the turnt-up dude, hit singles and all that. And, yeah, that's me, but I'm for my people, too.
On my mixtapes, I just rap. I just lay out a lot of situations.
You gotta raise your kids, take care of your family.
I feel like when you successful, it's more stress 'cause it's more stuff you dealin' with.
I'm going to keep making clothes, I'm going to do more movies, and I'm always going to rap.
I fell out with a group of the homies, including Mustard. I'm dealing with success.
I grew up with my moms and pops. Pops was in jail for, like, three years.
I had a daughter, and that's a good thing.
Everybody gotta vote. I can't go tell you who you should vote for because I don't know what you got going on or what you tryna get.
